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Description
This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable foraging handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for modern-day foragers
Publication
Stackpole Books (1974), Edition: Unstated, 256 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member melannen
This book is not really a field guide; you have to thumb through the whole thing in order to find a plant. But the information is so condensed and well-put together that it can let you fake expertise in no time at all. I wouldn't like to try eating a new plant based on an ID just from this book,
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but it's been very helpful at giving me starting points for further research. Show Less
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D > Science and Nature
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Original publication date
1974
ISBN
0811706168 / 9780811706162